diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f68f4353a7..03a0007ff1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>40.8.0", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta:__legacy__" 
+
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 100
 target-version = ['py37', 'py38']